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How Do You Know Your Antivirus Software is Working?

Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● June 28, 2010

How well is your antivirus software (AV) working today? Hopefully better than mine. Of course, I didn’t pay anything for mine, maybe that’s the problem; maybe not. Either way as I first sat down to write this blog on my work-issued (and far more heavily protected) laptop, my home PC – a nice fresh six-month [...]

Identity Fraud Fact: Little Guy is Big Target

Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● March 1, 2010

Banking and financial services providers may continue to feel the biggest pinch in the wallet based on the continued proliferation of the worldwide electronic identity theft epidemic, but the people who are most commonly seeing their personas and credit histories hijacked are at the other end of the spectrum. When Javelin Strategy & Research releases [...]

Searching for Bright Spots: A Privacy Microscope on 2010

Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● December 21, 2009

The easiest thing to do in scoping out the electronic privacy landscape for 2010 would be to decry the incredible alignment of factors guaranteeing that next year has little hope of serving some sort of turning point compared to what we’ve seen of late. But rather than merely highlighting the fact that according to PrivacyRightsClearinghouse’s [...]

Identity Safety for Your Teens

Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 7, 2009

In our previous posting, we looked at the dangers of Identity Theft for our kids. We asked the tough questions about how prepared our children are, and considered the scary notion of just how vulnerable children can be to fraud, scams, and identity theft. The tips we offered could be applied to any age of [...]

Mobile Web Driving New Privacy Issues

Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● October 26, 2009

Imagine this scenario: You’re driving down the road and you see someone behaving erratically, either bearing down on you too aggressively or perhaps operating under the influence. Instead of wondering what you should or can do, you pull out your GPS-enabled smartphone and call up an application designed specifically to inform the police of such [...]


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